Someone of you asked to explain how to write a letter in German. So, I provide a step-by-step instruction for formal letters and an example letter in this post. I guess you will find a lot of varying explanations and examples when you surf the web or look it up in books but I do assure you that will be always safe with the explanation in the following.

1.) Your Address

You put your address at the top left. In the first line you can put the salutation Herr (Mr.) or Frau (Mrs.) to make obvious if you are a man or a woman. In the second line you put your full name. In the third line you put your street name followed by your house number. In the fourth line you put your zip code and town. Zip codes are always five-digit in Germany.

FrauGabi MüllerMusterstraße 112345 Berlin

2) Address of Recipient

You put the address of the recipient at the left underneath your address in the same order as your address. If the recipient holds a title, you put the title before the name.

HerrProf. Max SchmidtSonnenweg 756789 Hamburg

3) Date

You put the date at the right underneath the addresses. Dates are always written in the same way in German: day/month/year. You can either write it fully as digits or alternatively you can also spell the month in full. The word den (the) is optional.

Berlin, 05.04.2011 / Berlin, den 05.04.2011

Berlin, 5. April 2011 / Berlin, den 5. April 2011

4) Salutation

When you know the name of the recipient:

Sehr geehrte Frau … – Dear Mrs. …

Sehr geehrter Herr … – Dear Mr. …

When you do not know the name of the recipient:

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren – Dear Sir or Madame

5) Greeting

Mit freundlichen Grüßen – This is the most common form of greeting for formal letters and I always use it.

Hello everybody!
I studied English and American Studies, Communication Science, and Political Science at the University of Greifswald. Since I have been learning English as a second language myself for almost 20 years now I know how difficult it is to learn a language other than your native one. Thus, I am always willing to keep my explanations about German grammar comprehensible and short. Further, I am inclined to encourage you to speak German in every situation.
Regards,
Sandra

I took the liberty to correct your English, I hope you don’t mind…Writing a letter in German: Formal Letters
Some of you asked how to write a letter in German. So, here is a step-by-step instruction for formal letters and an example letter. I guess you will find a lot of varying explanations and examples when you surf the web or look it up in books but, I do assure you that you will be safe with the following explanation :
1) Your Address
Put your address at the top left. In the first line you can put the salutation Herr (Mr.) or Frau (Mrs.) to make obvious if you are a man or a woman. In the second line you put your full name. In the third line you put your street name followed by your house number. In the fourth line you put your zip code and town. Zip codes are always five-digits in Germany.
Frau
Gabi Müller
Musterstraße 1
12345 Berlin
2) Address of Recipient
Put the address of the recipient on the left underneath your address in the same order as your address. If the recipient holds a title, you put it before the name.
Herr
Prof. Max Schmidt
Sonnenweg 7
56789 Hamburg
3) Date
Put the date on the left underneath the addresses. Dates are always written in the same way in German: day/month/year. You can either write it fully as digits or alternatively you can also spell the month in full. The word den (the) is optional.

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Your effort at teaching how to write formal letters in German is appreciated. However, in the first line of ‘main part’ of the Example Letter it should be “moechte” not “moechten”: Sorry, I dont have ‘umlaut’ on the keyboard of my laptop.

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Er hat einen guten vater
i think that, this sentence is in akkusativ
because vater is masculine
so everything before it should be decline to maskuline
andn its akkusativ due to the word ^habe^
hope it helps you

Mrs does not imply she is married but implies she is using her husband’s name. Miss implies she is single and prefers this fact to be public. Ms implies she is female with the same married/single status of Mr (ie unknown).
Unless you know she prefers otherwise, you should use Ms.